About J.
J. Kent Newsome: Experienced Houston Real Estate Attorney
Kent Newsome serves as Chair of the firm's Houston Real Estate Practice and has over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate, real estate development, health care acquisitions and development, financing transactions, and general business law.
Practice Areas
- Commercial Real Estate
- Real Estate Development
- Health Care Acquisitions and Development
- Financing Transactions
- General Business Law
Kent regularly represents owners and developers of commercial, retail and industrial properties in the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, management, and sale of income-producing properties. He also represents lessors and lessees in the negotiation of commercial, retail, and industrial leases, as well as owners and developers of health care facilities such as hospitals, medical office buildings, and surgery centers.
Awards
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Business
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Commercial
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Development
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Finance
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Industrial
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Land Use
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Office Buildings
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Real Property Law
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Residential
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Shopping Center Transactions
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Tax Certiorari
- Recognized: Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Transactions
- Awarded AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5 by Who's Who Legal, H Texas magazine,
Practice Areas
Case History
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Real Estate Law
- Special Focus: Business
- Special Focus: Commercial
- Special Focus: Development
- Special Focus: Finance
- Special Focus: Industrial
- Special Focus: Land Use
- Special Focus: Office Buildings
- Special Focus: Real Property Law
- Special Focus: Residential
- Special Focus: Shopping Center Transactions
- Special Focus: Tax Certiorari
- Special Focus: Transactions
- AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5
- Who's Who Legal
- H Texas magazine, "Super Lawyers"
- Chambers USA Guide "Best Real Estate Lawyers in Texas"
- Euromoney Institutional Investor's Real Estate Expert Guide "Best Real Estate Lawyers in the World"
- Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2011 and 2012
- Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2013 Corporate Counsel Edition, 2009-2010
- Chambers USA Guide, 2003-2013
- Winning Team, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2010 and 2013
- The Legal 500 United States, "Top Tier" Firm in Real Estate, 2013
